Population Council’s delegation calls on Abbasi
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that unchecked population growth is a major challenge in ensuring sustainable growth and needs immediate attention of the provincial governments.
The prime minister said that there was a need for greater investment for enhancing access and quality of service delivery in this sector especially for the people of far-flung areas and to integrate these programmes with health service delivery programmes being provided at gross root levels.
Premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was talking to a delegation of Population Council, headed by its Country Director Dr Zeba Sathar at the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday. The delegation included Director Programmes Dr Ali Mohammad Mir, Ms Seemin Ashfaq and senior economist Dr Hamid Mukhtar.
Dr Zeba presented an overview of the demography of the country and its impact on economic growth in comparison with other Muslim countries of the world as well as countries in the region. She also presented council’s recommendations which could help to overcome the challenge of rapid population growth and encourage the provincial governments to undertake effective measures for managing population growth.
The PM assured the delegation that the issue would be taken up with the provincial governments at the platform of Council of Common Interests for a consensus-based national strategy.
